Reviews: Stem cells and female reproduction

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-139

  Du, Hongling ^a   Taylor, Hugh S ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ovary; Reproduction; Stem cell; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CELL MATURATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GERM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STEM CELL; ADULT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETAL STEM CELL; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETAL STEM CELLS; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 59849088001     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719108329956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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